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You can halve the recipe if you like. I tend to make a very full jug’s worth (as you can see by the photo), and then store it in the world’s best smoothie bottles so I can drink it over the next day or so. But you don’t have to make that much. And if you don’t want half fruits lying around, just put the whole fruit in and see how it goes :)

If you don’t have a high speed blender, I recommend removing the seeds from your apples and pears. If you do, just leave them in.

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I know banana is everyone’s favorite way to sweeten a smoothie. I also know that a artificial sweeteners are not good for you. (except maybe stevia) But what do you do when you are epi-pen allergic to bananas and avocados? I would like a whole recipe bin of great tasting healthy smoothies that don’t use these ingredients for obvious reasons.

I would just use whatever fruits you’re not allergic to, and that you enjoy. I’ve been using hemp seeds instead of avocado recently, and I love my smoothies with pears, mangoes, oranges, apples – whatever’s in season that I love. You can also use medjool dates to sweeten a smoothie.

If you haven’t seen it before, I highly recommend Valya Boutenko’s video where she talks about which fruits to use to make a creamy smoothie. Hope this helps!

Hoping to try all these smoothies on your list since last week I bought a new blender to try and get healthy, I was wondering what are your thoughts on using almond milk or coconut milk instead of the water? And how about adding chia seeds or hemp protein to smoothies I add them to all the smoothies I make.

I had the same trouble when starting out – I made so many that tasted “yuck” that I got discouraged. That’s why my recipes are so simple, because too many flavours can throw the whole thing off balance.

Start with a simple recipe that uses ingredients you like, and start changing it up once you find something you like, and expect to make a “dud” now and then.

There’s a small amount of protein in it (3g per 330ml serve) and I’ve updated the nutritional information to show this.

If you want to increase the protein content of the smoothie, the simplest way would be to swap the 1/2 avocado for a 1/2 cup of hulled hemp seeds (hemp hearts).

I always use hemp seeds when I want to increase the protein content of a dish, because at 33% protein, it’s one of the highest wholefood vegan sources of protein (apart from spirulina), and it also contains all the essential amino acids.

Adding hemp will change the taste slightly, but it will also double the protein content from 3g to 6g per serve, without needing to use a protein powder.

You’re absolutely correct that apple seeds, along with many other fruit seeds (including apricots, pears and cherries), contain a substance called amygdalin that can release cyanide when it comes into contact with your digestive juices.

However, the amounts found in one apple are very small, so you’d need to eat at least 20 apple cores in one go to ingest a potentially harmful dose. So a green smoothie that contains the seeds from two apples and two pears, that make six serves that you drink over the course of a day or two, gives you less than 2% of that amount, which can be easily detoxified by your body.

There is some debate about the risks and benefits of consuming even small amounts of amygdalin, but some people have used amygdalin (also know as Vitamin B17 or laetrile in the man-made form) to heal cancer, as well as boost immunity, reduce pain and lower blood pressure. There’s not a lot of research available on the effects of eating amygdalin.

But in the end, if you’re not comfortable with the idea of eating the apple seeds, just cut them out before adding the apple to your blender.

Here’s some articles that might help to clarify the issue a little further if you’re interested:

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